Turkey’s biosafety law causes heavy losses to agri-food chain
(11 Mai 2012) According to the new Economic Impact Assessment by British consultant Graham Brookes (PG Economics), Turkey’s biosafety law has had a substantial negative economic impact on the food manufacturing and livestock production sectors. Turkey has approved 16 genetically modified soybean and maize plants for feed use and introduced a zero tolerance threshold for the presence of unapproved GMOs. This number stands in stark contrast to the 56 GM crops which are marketed globally for food and animal feed production. Total separation of different GM crops along the entire global production and transport chain is practically impossible to achieve, meaning that even slight traces of unapproved GMOs can make many agricultural imports unmarketable in Turkey. According to the study, this has led to considerable trade and market disruption, valued at over $0.8 billion since 2009, which corresponds to approximately 33% – 50% of the total annual net profitability of the Turkish food and drink sector.
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